https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f Made with serendipity en-us 2018-04-18 23:16:27 UTC 2026-01-09 16:42:14 UTC hello@padlet.com portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604433 - Fueled by the sale of sugar to the United States.
- Batista's corrupt leadership led to many problems such as poverty, low capita income, gang problems, US involvement with Batista.
- Castro believed that a lot of these problems stemmed from Cuba's involvement with the US.
- Castro targeted low income people in order to gain political support.
- Castro gained power in 1959 after a group of guerrilla fighters helped him revolt against Batista, who eventually fled Cuba after 7 years of dictatorship. ]]> 2018-04-19 19:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604433 portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604544 - Weimer Republic was in political turmoil, so much so that there were several political parties who were getting in actual arguments and physical fights to determine who would rule Germany.
- Germany was also in economic trouble. They had lost 13% of its territory including areas accounting for 16% coal & 48% of iron production. As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, living costs in Germany increased. Hyperinflation caused the German Mark's value to go from 64.8 to a dollar to 4.2 trillion Marks to a dollar in 1923.
- The aims of Nazism were Lebenstraum (living space), anti-antisemitism, Darwinism, and essentially making Germany great again. ]]> 2018-04-19 19:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604544 portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604566 - In 1965, the political party ORI turns into the PCC (Communist Party of Cuba).
- Castro's relations with the USSR are strengthened, and Cuba's government becomes strict & intolerant of revolts.
- Cuba increases taxes on US imports.
- Diplomatic ties with the US end due to Cuba's communist tendencies & differences in trade & government (near fuel trade embargo, US freezes Cuban assets).
- Bay of Pigs: The CIA attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro, but failed after Cuban military defeats their forces.]]> 2018-04-19 19:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604566 portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604594 - Nazi party increased representatives in Parliament so Hitler could win election.
- The Reichstag fire proved the Weimer Republic was weak, and he convinced Germans he could make their lives better.
- Hitler promised Germans jobs, which caued them to trust him because of the severe unemployment rate.
- Anyone who opposed the Nazi Party was faced with violence and was "silenced".]]> 2018-04-19 19:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604594 portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604606 - Over the next 50 years, Cuba loses around $1.26 trillion due to prohibited trade by the US.
- US & Cuba reach an agreement which includes having a US interest section in Cuba & a Cuban interest section in Washington.
- Agrarian reform: laws that divided large land & distributed to peasants (This allowed Castro to gain popularity with lower classes). The US was not pleased with this act because it represented communism.]]> 2018-04-19 19:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604606 portiz106 https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604637 - By 1933, Nazis were beginning to take over & dictate what businesses succeed. As they began to boycott, Jewish businesses began to be shut down.
- 1933: German labour front rises in power & replaces trade unions that previously existed.
- 1935:Nuremburg laws institutionalized Nazi ideology & antisemitism. German labour service forces males from 18-25 to serve/ work, while women were pushed to work as well in hopes of minimizing unemployment rate.]]> 2018-04-19 19:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/portiz106/sdy13cskwa5f/wish/253604637